On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:26:55 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote:

> > Another lesson learned.
> > I went for easy way out, tar.gz /var/* directory copy it to another
> > machine.  
> 
> The "-p" option will preserve ownership and permissions. You need to add
> it to both compressing and extracting.

That's the default anyway, but it only works if you extract as root or
the user that owns the files.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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